pungens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of pungō.

Participle

pungēns (genitive pungentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. pricking, puncturing, stinging

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	pungēns			pungentēs	pungentia
Genitive	pungentis			pungentium
Dative	pungentī			pungentibus
Accusative	pungentem	pungēns		pungentēs pungentīs	pungentia
Ablative	pungente pungentī1			pungentibus
Vocative	pungēns			pungentēs	pungentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Old French: poignant, puignant
  • Middle French: poignant
    • French: poignant
  • → Middle English: poynaunt, poynant, poignaunt
    • English: poignant
• Iberian:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: pungente
    • Portuguese: pungente
    • Galician: punxente
  • Old Spanish: puniente, puñente
• Italian: pungente
• Old Occitan:
  • Occitan: ponhent
  • Old Catalan: punyent, puyent
    • Catalan: punyent
• → English: poignant, pungent
• → Spanish: pungente (reborrowing)

Swedish

Noun

pungens

1. definite genitive singular of pung